Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēring(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | rēring(e ger. |
| Etymology | Cp. rēren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act or process of lifting, raising; also, standing upright; ~ ginne, a crane; ~ of hete, the raising effect of heat; (b) the projecting upward of earth, elevation, altitude; of a measure of grain: ?heaping up; ~ up, a lump (caused by the overlapping of two ends of a broken bone); (c) going up, jumping up; (d) ~ fat, in brewing: a fermentation vat.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)211a/a : For sadnes of þe erþe ..þat susteyneþ þe rootes..þe herbe haþ grenenesse in roote and susteynynge of þe stalk in þe rerynge [L erectione] þer of.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)249a/b : By worchynge and rerynge of hete [L calore eleuante] þe heedes of corne eeres been arrered vpward.
- (1468) in Salzman Building in Engl.329 : Le reryng jynn.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)241/12 : There was rerynge of laddyrs and brekynge of wallys.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)163b/a : In hille is hiȝe swellynge and rerynge of erþe or of londe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)169b/a : Valeyes..ben y-shadowed by rerynge and hyȝnesse of hilles [L collium eleuatione].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)330b/a : Satum is a manere mesure..Satum is y-cleped takynge oþer rerynge [L leuatio], for he þat meteþ schal take and rere þe same mesure.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)334/34 : Compownede brekyng..some is..with reryng vp [*Ch.(1): riding, i. equitature; L equitatura] and with knottynesse of a euel-heled bone.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)149a/b : Locusta..in lepinge areriþ hemself, and in reringe [L erigendo] he falliþ.
d
- (1305) Court R.Lond.209 : Rering vat.
2.
The building of a house, etc.; construction.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.99 : Scipio..fforbeed þe rerynge of þe theatre in þe citee of Rome.
- (1420) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2327 : Item, in potacione ad reryng domus de Alford, ij d.
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7118 : Joh Beckley of Nedydon for the reryng of the ii syde walls wyt corbeltabul and hascheler abowte ye same ele, vii marks.
- (1445) Indent.Build.in WANHSM 15331 : Also, ij men laboryng with the seyde John vij dayes at the reryng of the forseyde hows.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.238 : Whiles this towr was in Makyng, þe dewk a fair Chirche hadde In Reryng [F fist..establir].
3.
The raising of the pitch or volume of the voice in singing.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333b/b : Arsis is rerynge [L eleuatio] of þe voice and is þe bigynnynge of songe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7a/a : Arsis: rerynge.
4.
(a) The raising of offspring, nurturing; (b) the calling together of people, gathering.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)259a/b : Vnresonable bestes..haueþ redynesse of witte in bredyng and of rerynge of hire brood [L in educatione fetuum].
b
- (1451) RParl.5.224b : [He] traiterously ymagyned your deth..in gederyng and reryng grete nombre of your people..to ryse agayns you.
5.
Resurrection from the dead.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)5.1232 : If ye deye in this same errour, Youre rerynge [vr. rysyng] ageyn shal cause you grete dolour.
6.
In fig. use: (a) the intensifying of a vice, stirring up; (b) ~ up, exaltation, prosperity.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)93/3 : Þe oþire vertues..mowe haue vicis in þe oon side bi reryng þo vicis into ouer hiȝ degre of feruour.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 22.20 : Wheþer isnott hewen doun þe rering vp [WB(2): reisyng; vr. up reisyng; L erectio] of hem & fijr deuourede þer relikis?
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 WBible(2) TL (Arun 104)694 : Rering of the cros.
Note: New sense: the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, September 14.--per MP
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rearing up.